Turkish Ammo

[BignBald]

Is it just me or is there no Turkish Ammo for sale anyware? I have not seen any for quite awhile and have been wondering about it.:dontknow: I liked it :grinning-thumbsup: because it was cheap, went BOOM, and shot a hole in the target. The cleaning thing sucked, but you get what you pay for.:xxrotflmao: Like I said I was just wondering if any of you kids have seen any for sale anyware.

[SAC22PPC]

make you a deal. i will tell you if you buy me some!
naa just foolin.
http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=907&dir=18|190|191


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[WmRoy]

I haven't seen any lately? If you stumble on some I'm sure several folks here would love to hear about it....:D

[SAC22PPC]

read post above...
http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=907&dir=18|190|191


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[Stan in SC]

There is a want to sell posted on Gunboards by Rich42 who resides in Las Vegas.He is selling over 10,000 rounds at .08 per round plus freight.I have done business with him before and he is good people.He's an old line collector who is cutting his collection and ammo way down.
Other than that I haven't seen much advertised either.I too like Turk ammo.In fact it is my favorite 8MM.I have enough to last me for awhile but when that runs out I guess I will go to whatever is available.
Brad,you need to come by and visit more often.
Stan

[BignBald]

Sorry Stan been VERY BUSY!!!! I do try to look on here every day, just don't post. Thanks kids for the info. I don't need any just yet, but I thought it odd that I haven't seen any in a while.

Ya'll have a great day!!!!!

[mapper123]

Widners is the best deal going for those of us in the SE......bought 1400 yesterday for $98.28 delivered.They price at $3.40/ bando in lots of 10 bandos or more....less is $3.80/bando.

[DOGolden]

Well, you could check out Zanders:

http://www.gzanders.com/

But, you gotta be a FFL to access their webpage. Two years ago Fred ordered me a case of Turkish ammo. It was a mixed lot of ammo, having all kinds of manufacture dates, & it was loose. But, 99 & 44/100 of the time when I pulled the trigger it went bang.

Oh yeah. One of the bullets looked a little strange. I put a micrometer on it & guess what? It was .308 NATO w/Turkish headstamps. Go fish? :dontknow:

[Timbo]

All the Turk Surp Ive seen at shows you would have to be mad to try and fire. I simply cant imagine tryng to use it in my m48, I have more respect for my gun than that.

[DOGolden]

Timbo, my experience with Turkish milsurp is that it's probably the biggest bang for the buck that you find. I've shot Turkish milsurp in every single 8mm rifle I've ever had. And I've even shot in my 8mm sporter rifle! I've probably had maybe only a dozen or so misfires. You just gotta remember to keep the barrel pointed downrange for a few seconds after you pull the trigger and nothing happens. Then eject the misfired cartridge (I thrown mine away at this point).

When I first got my tumbler I ran about 50 rounds of Turk through it. All it did though was make my media dark & grubby. It didn't fire any better. And it didn't become any more accurate. I think I'm down to about 150 or so rounds of Turk now. When it's all gone I probably won't buy anymore. I'm more into handloading now. And more into accuracy vs. plinking.

Some people (Ol' Fella) swear by Turkish milsurp. Others swear at it?

[Timbo]

The Romanian milsurp I buy works perfectly fine. 300 rounds, almost the whole tin, without misfire and its non-corrosive.

[DOGolden]

Romanian is good stuff. And cheap too...

[Mosko]

Just a friendly reminder there my friend, if I read your post correctly. Tumbling loaded ammo is not a good idea. The individual extrusions, flakes or balls of powder are chemically coated to control the speed of the burn.

In the tumbler, the powder particles wear against each other and wear the coatings off. This "can" cause a slow burning powder like you normally use in a rifle to burn much faster, more like a pistol or shotgun powder.

Naturally the result can be a very high peak pressure, due to the faster burn. The best bet on the dirty ammo, is to pull it and tumble the cases and projectiles, then re-assemble.

[WmRoy]

Just a friendly reminder there my friend, if I read your post correctly. Tumbling loaded ammo is not a good idea. The individual extrusions, flakes or balls of powder are chemically coated to control the speed of the burn.

In the tumbler, the powder particles wear against each other and wear the coatings off. This "can" cause a slow burning powder like you normally use in a rifle to burn much faster, more like a pistol or shotgun powder.

Naturally the result can be a very high peak pressure, due to the faster burn. The best bet on the dirty ammo, is to pull it and tumble the cases and projectiles, then re-assemble.

Words of Wisdom.............:grinning-thumbsup:

[CoorsLightGuy]

I bought some Albanian 8mm from AIM quite awhile back. I don't remember what I paid for it, but the price was decent. In any case, it was supposedly non-corrosive and in fact seemed to be. It was also sure fire.

As for accuracy, that's always hard to tell when I'm the one doing the shooting, but I'd say it was as good as anything else I've shot.

[DOGolden]

Good points to ponder. The ammo I 'cleaned' is long gone. I won't do it again because it was a pain in the _ss. Now what your telling me is that it isn't safe too? You live, you learn. Thanks.